Guy Mitchell
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Biography
[Edit]To some listeners, the name Guy Mitchell evokes contempt — as the singer whose pop-styled covers of "Singin' the Blues" and "Knee Deep in the Blues" cut the legs out from under Marty Robbins' country-styled original renditions. To others, Mitchell evokes the last period of America's innocence, the mid-'50s, when he periodically ascended the pop charts in the company of singers like Frankie Laine. Mitchell was all of those things and more, in some ways a trail-blazer — he was the first major recording artist whose career was crafted in the studio, by a record company, and sold to the public by way of records and the radio, not concerts. He was the precursor to the late-'50s teen idols crafted by the industry as an alternative to the burgeoning success of rock & roll. In contrast to some of the younger male singing idols of that era, however, Mitchell had a genuinely good voice as his starting point in music.
He was born Al Cernick in Detroit in 1927, into a Yugoslavian immigrant family whose members sang as often as possible, for their own pleasure. He made his first appearance as a singer at age three, at a wedding reception. The Cernick family moved across the country in search of a place they liked, before reaching Los Angeles in 1938. He was spotted by a talent scout and signed up as a child performer at Warner Bros. Studios that same year, and managed to vocally project over a studio-controlled radio station.
The family's move to San Francisco in 1940 ended the boy's relationship with Warner Bros., but he kept taking voice lessons. A summer job on a ranch in the San Joachin Valley taught him the basics of a cowboy's skills, and by the time he was 17, he was working as an apprentice saddle-maker. He kept on singing in his spare time, and this led to the offer of a spot on a local radio show.
He joined the navy for a two-year hitch in 1944, resuming his radio singing career afterward. In 1947, he joined the Carmen Cavallaro Orchestra, still billed as Al Cernick, as the featured vocalist, but a bout of food poisoning caused him to drop out. In 1948, he cut some sides for King Records as Al Grant, and won first prize on Arthur Godfrey's Talents Scouts radio program. This led to his being hired as a demo singer by various music publishers (one of the songs he demoed was "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer").
The singer was signed up by impresario Eddie Joy, who intensified his training and finally introduced him to Mitch Miller, the head of Artists and Repertory for Columbia Records. It was Miller who transformed Al Cernick into Guy Mitchell, using his own first same for the surname. Mitchell's first five singles at Columbia failed, and his career was only rescued when Frank Sinatra, still with Columbia Records, declined to cut a pair of songs for which Miller had already set recording sessions and engaged musicians. Mitchell was brought into the studio, and the resulting recordings of "My Heart Cries for You" and "The Roving Kind" rode the charts for 21 weeks in 1951, selling nearly two million copies.
Mitchell's recording career was made, although his performing career needed work — he'd hardly had the chance to develop a serious stage act or effective persona when he was booked into some of the biggest clubs in New York, and roundly criticized for what some onlookers felt were amateurish aspects of his presentation. Additionally, nobody had given thought to a problem that hadn't afflicted too many pop stars before — his performances didn't match the rich, highly produced sound of his recordings.
These difficulties were eventually overcome, and Mitchell became a major draw in concert for a time, sustained by a handful of follow-up hits, including "My Truly, Truly Fair." He became especially popular in England, where his shows were consistent sell-outs.
Meanwhile, his chart hits stopped coming in the mid-'50s, and even a brief venture into film acting in westerns failed to enhance Mitchell's popularity. He might've disappeared with the coming of rock & roll, had it not been for the marketing strategies of Mitch Miller at Columbia Records. In 1956, Marty Robbins was tearing up the country charts with "Singin' the Blues," on Columbia, and Miller chose Guy Mitchell to cut a pop-style cover of the song. Robbins' song was a huge hit as was, and might've been even bigger — in those days, songs were regularly crossing over between the charts — but Mitchell's version supplanted it on pop music stations, and on the charts, where it spent nine weeks at number one and sold well over a million copies. Mitchell had a follow-up hit with his cover of another Robbins song, "Knee Deep in the Blues," and then milked the rock & roll bandwagon one last time with "Rock-a-billy." He never connected with audiences or the charts quite so strongly again, but he didn't have to. A television variety show followed, and his concert career in America remained viable until the end of the '50s, and then he toured England again, to huge crowds.
Late in 1959, Mitchell scored one last number one hit with "Heartaches by the Number." By that time, he was running into competition from a brand of teen pop music more similar to his own music than to the rock & roll that it supplanted. Further attempts at acting on television and another movie failed to reignite Mitchell's career. Mitchell left Columbia Records in 1961, but he was unable to crack the charts again, either for his own manager's label (Joy Records) or for Reprise, where he tried recording in the mid-'60s. He retired in the mid-'60s, but like any number of '50s singing stars, Mitchell later hit it big on the nostalgia circuit, and re-emerged in this vein in the '80s — he remained a top attraction in England, even at that late date, and also found an audience in the former Yugoslavia in the wake of the fall of the Eastern bloc. He died following surgery on July 1, 1999.
Title: Hit Makers Frankie Laine & Guy Mitchell
Artist: Frankie Laine, Guy Mitchell
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Rock, Pop
Title: 20 Greatest Hits (Re-Recorded Versions) [Re-Recorded Versions]
Artist: Guy Mitchell
Genre: Pop
Title: Guy Mitchell - The Definite Hit Collection (Re-Recorded Versions)
Artist: Guy Mitchell
Genre: Pop
Title: I Can't Help It (If I'm Still in Love With You) (Remastered) - Single
Artist: Guy Mitchell
Genre: Pop
Title: The Transcription Recordings
Artist: Guy Mitchell, The Earl Sheldon Orchestra
Collections
Title: It's Pop & Doo Wop, Vol. 10
Genre: Pop
Title: Last Kiss and Other Great Country Songs
Genre: Country
Title: Big Hits & Highlights of 1951 Volume 12
Genre: Pop
Title: Big Hits and Highlights 1951 Volume 4
Genre: Pop
Title: It's All In The Name - The Boys
Genre: Pop
Title: The Greatest St. Valentines Day Love Songs, Vol. 8
Genre: Pop
Title: AM Gold - 50's: Vol. 1
Genre: Pop
Title: The Best Ever Rock & Roll Revival
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock, Rock & Roll
Title: Skifflebilly Rock
Genre: Rock
Title: Top 40 Rock n Roll
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock
Title: Spirit in the Sky and More Great Oldies
Genre: Pop
Title: Yesterday's Hits Vol 1
Genre: Pop
Title: Bits Hits & Highlights of 1951 Volume 14
Genre: Pop
Title: Outside of Heaven & Other Greats
Genre: Pop
Title: Old Gold Hits, Vol. 2
Genre: Pop
Title: Jubilee Classic Anthems
Genre: Pop
Title: The Oldies Vol 1
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: It Was Heaven In 57
Genre:
Title: Popular Songs Hits Vol 4
Genre: Pop
Title: Pop Music: The Golden Era 1951-1975
Genre: Pop
Title: Big Hits & Highlights Of 1950, Vol. 14
Genre: Pop
Title: 1959 Made in U.S.A.
Genre: Rock
Title: Two Way Family Favourites, Vol. 1
Genre:
Title: Pop of the 60s, Vol. 2
Genre: Pop
Title: Big Hits & Highlights of 1957, Vol. 6
Genre: Pop
Title: Big Hits & Highlights of 1951 Volume 13
Genre: Pop
Title: Big Hits & Highlights of 1953 Volume 1
Genre: Pop
Title: Stars of the London Palladium
Genre: Pop
Title: Big Hits & Highlights of 1953, Vol. 3
Genre: Pop
Title: Big Hits and Highlights of 1955 Volume 7
Genre: Pop
Title: Big Hits & Highlights of 1954, Vol. 3
Genre: Pop
Title: 1950's Hits & HIghlights, Vol. 5
Genre: Pop
Title: Pop Easy Listening Vol 6
Genre: Pop
Title: Music for Baby Sitters
Genre: Pop
Title: Big Hits & Highlights of 1952 Volume 11
Genre: Pop
Title: Big Hits & Highlights of 1956, Vol. 2
Genre: Pop
Title: Back To The Early 50's
Genre: Pop
Title: 50's Pop - Hey There
Genre: Pop
Title: Greatest Hits of 1960, Vol. 21
Genre: Pop
Title: Big Hits & Highlights of 1957, Vol. 9
Genre: Pop
Title: Friendly Persuasion, Vol. 2
Genre: Pop
Title: A Mixed Bag of Hits, Vol. 3
Genre: Pop
Title: Big Hits & Highlights of 1954, Vol. 1
Genre: Pop
Title: Big Hits & Highlights of 1954, Vol. 2
Genre: Pop
Title: The Hits of 1956, Vol. 2
Genre: Pop
Title: The Hits of 1952
Genre: Pop
Title: 1950's Hits & Highlights, Vol. 8
Genre: Pop
Title: Country Greats - the Platinum Collection
Genre: Country
Title: Big Hits & Highlights of 1951 Volume 17
Genre: Pop
Title: Pop Hits of the 50's, Vol. 4
Genre: Pop
Title: Retro High School Party
Genre: Rock
Title: Popular Classics Vol 6
Genre: Pop
Title: Rock 'n' Roll Heaven
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock
Title: Oldies But Goodies - Novelty Hits
Genre: Pop
Title: Funny Songs For Children
Genre: Kids
Title: A Variety of Hits, Vol. 2
Genre: Pop
Title: Two Way Family Favourites, Vol. 2
Genre:
Title: Those Oldies But Goodies
Title: Dancing Around the World, Vol. 5
Genre: Pop
Title: 1950s Greatest Hits
Genre: Pop
Title: The Hits of 1959, Vol. 3
Genre: Pop
Title: Let's Have a Rock 'n' Roll Party (36 Rockin' Greats)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock
Title: Big Hits & Highlights of 1957, Vol. 3
Genre: Pop
Featuring albums
Title: Best of Rock 'n' Roll & Jukebox Music: 100 Greatest Hits from the 50s & 60s
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Rock
Title: 8 Best of 50s Rock N' Roll (Original Artist Re-Recordings)
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Pop
Title: Malt Shop Favorites (New Stereo Recordings by the Original Artists)
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Rock
Title: Ray Conniff presents Various Artists, Vol.9
Artist: Ray Conniff
Genre: Jazz, Dancefloor, Dance Pop
Title: Ray Conniff Presents Various Artists, Vol. 10
Artist: Ray Conniff
Genre: Jazz, Dancefloor, Dance Pop
Title: Pop Music: The Golden Era 1951-1975
Artist: Various
Genre: Blues, Rock, Pop, Theatre/Soundtrack, Vocal & Symphonic
Title: Songs From the Mojave Wasteland - In a Fallout New Vegas Mood
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Country
Title: America's Greatest Hits Volume 2 1951
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Rock, Pop, Pop Rock, Theatre/Soundtrack, Vocal & Symphonic
Title: The Top 20 of Rock 'n' Roll - 20 Rock 'n' Roll Smashes (Rerecorded Version)
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock
Title: Los Gatos Negros. Todas Sus Grabaciones (1962-1966) (Remastered) (CD1)
Artist: Los Gatos Negros
Genre: Pop
Title: I Love the 50's: 1959 (Re-Recorded Versions)
Artist: Various Artists